The NEET costs to the 21 EU countries included in this report is approximately €2 billion per week, a yearly total of about €100 billion, or 1% of aggregate GDP.

Note: The study has data for 21 countries.Public finance costs include welfare schemes like unemployment benefits child benefits, housing benefits, education-related allowances and others) as well as additional health, welfare and criminal justice expenditure. Public finance costs measures excess transfer - the difference between the total amount of benefits received by the NEET and the benefits received by those in employment. Resource costs include foregone earnings.